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  • Rajkot West Election 2022: Can BJP continue its winning streak on ex-CM Vijay Rupani’s turf?

    Rajkot West Election 2022: Can BJP continue its winning streak on ex-CM Vijay Rupani’s turf?

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    Rajkot West, Gujarat Election 2022: The Rajkot West assembly seat is a bastion of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as it has never lost an election from here since 1980. Even before that, the seat was with Bharatiya Jan Sangh, the predecessor of the BJP. 

    Many top leaders from the saffron party have represented this seat in the Gujarat Assembly. Among them are Narendra Modi, Vajubhai Vala, and Vijay Rupani. Modi won this in February 2002 in the by-election. 

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    Vajubhai Vala, now Governor of Karnataka, held this seat from 1985 to 1998 and from 2002 to 2014. After Vala was appointed as Governor in 2014, Vijay Rupani contested from here and won the seat twice – in 2014 and 2017. Rupani served as the chief minister from August 2016 to September 2021. He succeeded Anandiben Patel.

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    In the 2017 election, Rupani secured 60.67 per cent votes against Congress’ Indranil Rajguru who could manage only 35.89 per cent votes. Rupani had defeated Rajguru by nearly 54,00 votes – higher than the margin recorded in 2012. In 2012, Rupani won this seat by 23, 740 margin. This time, Rupani is not contesting the assembly election, while Rajguru has been fielded by the Congress from Rajkot East.

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    Ahead of the election, Rupani said that he served as the chief minister for five years and now the responsibility should be given to new workers. He said he won’t contest the poll and will work to make a chosen candidate win.

    This time, the BJP has fielded Darshita Shah from Rajkot West, who will be taking on Dinesh Joshi of AAP and Mansukh Kalariya of the Congress. 

    Rajkot West is an assembly segment of the Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency, where the BJP has been in power since 1989 except for one term (2009-2014). For BJP, Shivlal Vekaria won the Rajkot parliamentary seat in 1989 and 1991, and then Vallabhbhai Kathiria held this seat from 1996 to 2009. Since 2014, Mohanbhai Kundariya of the BJP has been representing the seat in the Lower House. 

    Rajkot West will vote in the first phase on December 1. 
     

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  • Jamnagar North Election 2022: Can Rivaba Jadeja make the lotus bloom again?

    Jamnagar North Election 2022: Can Rivaba Jadeja make the lotus bloom again?

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    Jamnagar North, Gujarat election 2022: Jamnagar North assembly seat falls under the Jamnagar Lok Sabha constituency, which has been with the BJP since 2014. Part of the Jamnagar district, this seat came into existence in 2008. In the first election held in 2012, the Congress’ Dharmendrasinh Jadeja bagged the constituency with 50.53 per cent votes. BJP’s Mulubhai Ayar Bela came second with 42.78 per cent votes.

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    In the next election, Dharmendrasinh contested on the saffron party ticket and won the seat for the BJP. This time, he garnered 58.95 per cent votes against 30 per cent of Congress’ Ahir Jivanbhai Karubhai Kumbharvadiya. 

    For this election, the BJP removed its sitting MLA to field Rivaba Jadeja, the wife of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja. 

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    Rivaba’s candidature from Jamnagar, home of Reliance’s largest refinery, was announced just days after Parimal Nathwani, Director-Corporate Affairs at Reliance Industries Limited, appealed to all parties to give tickets to educated and civilised leaders for peace, safety, prosperity, and development.

    Nathwani, in a tweet, urged all the political parties not to give tickets to candidates who would allow crime to flourish in Jamnagar.

    Rivaba, who is opening her political innings, is taking on Bipendrasinh Jadeja of the Congress and Karsanbhai Karmur of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). She, however, is facing opposition from her own family members as her husband Ravindra Jadeja’s father Aniruddhsinh Jadeja is backing the Congress.

    The Jamnagar Lok Sabha constituency has largely been with the saffron party as BJP’s Chandresh Patel Kordia won five consecutive terms from 1989 to 2004. In 2004, Congress’ Ahir Vikrambhai Arjanbhai Madam Yadav won the seat and retained it till 2014. In 2014, the BJP again won back the seat from Congress.

    In 2017, the saffron party won three of seven assembly segments falling under the Jamnagar parliamentary constituency, while one seat was vacant. The BJP was, however, leading in all segments in the parliamentary elections held in 2019. Going by that statistics, Rivaba may sail through and retain the seat for the BJP. 

    In the last election, the contest was bipolar between the BJP and Congress. However, this time, the AAP’s entry has made the contest three-way in Gujarat. Jamnagar North will vote in Phase 1 on December 1 (Thursday).   

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